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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.China passes controversial cybersecurity lawChina on Monday passed a controversial cybersecurity bill further tightening restrictions on online freedom of speech, raising concerns that it could intensify already wide-ranging Internet censorship.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-china-controversial-cybersecurity-law.html
Internet Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:10:47 ESTnews397710638China's cybersecurity draft law targets foreign hackersChinese authorities could freeze assets and take other actions against foreign hackers threatening the country's infrastructure under a revised draft of a new cybersecurity law.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-china-cybersecurity-law-foreign-hackers.html
Security Tue, 01 Nov 2016 03:48:38 ESTnews397190914Chinese rocket sends streak of light across Western US sky (Update)A Chinese rocket body streaking across the night sky over the Western United States lit up social media as people shared photos and video of the bright object.http://phys.org/news/2016-07-chinese-rocket-re-enters-atmosphere-california.html
Space Exploration Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:40:15 ESTnews388914003Hong Kong takes aim at China for trash on beachesHong Kong's leader blamed a huge rise in rubbish blighting the city's beaches on refuse washed ashore from the mainland, and pledged talks with Chinese authorities to stem the tide.http://phys.org/news/2016-07-hong-kong-aim-china-trash.html
Ecology Mon, 11 Jul 2016 02:12:05 ESTnews387421906China factories closed over toxic school tracks scare (Update)Chinese authorities have shut down nine factories and detained some executives after reports that toxic industrial waste was used to make running tracks widely used at schools, official media said Thursday.http://phys.org/news/2016-06-china-factories-toxic-school-tracks.html
Environment Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:37:01 ESTnews385871808China mulls new ways to control video websitesChinese authorities are exploring new ways of imposing controls on the Internet, state-run media cited experts as saying Monday, after reports said state-owned enterprises may be encouraged to take stakes in video streaming websites.http://phys.org/news/2016-05-china-mulls-ways-video-websites.html
Internet Mon, 23 May 2016 04:30:03 ESTnews383195143Facebook's Zuckerberg meets China's propaganda chiefFacebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a rare meeting Saturday with China's propaganda chief, at a time when Chinese authorities are tightening control over their cyberspace.http://phys.org/news/2016-03-facebook-zuckerberg-china-propaganda-chief.html
Internet Sun, 20 Mar 2016 05:55:21 ESTnews377672115Every country should govern its own Internet: China's Xi Every nation should have independent authority over its own Internet, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, telling a government-organised conference that "freedom and order" are both necessary in cyberspace.http://phys.org/news/2015-12-country-internet-china-xi.html
Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:36:59 ESTnews369459406China issues rules banning dishonesty in science publishingAfter a series of scandals, Chinese regulators overseeing the field of academic publishing for scientific articles have issued rules explicitly banning dishonest practices.http://phys.org/news/2015-12-china-issues-dishonesty-science-publishing.html
Other Fri, 04 Dec 2015 04:10:01 ESTnews368423379VW diesel cars recalled in China, sales halted in SingaporeVolkswagen said Monday it is recalling 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to change engine software it has admitted cheats on emissions tests and Singapore suspended sales of the company's diesel cars.http://phys.org/news/2015-10-vw-diesel-cars-recalled-china.html
Business Mon, 12 Oct 2015 07:51:26 ESTnews363855079Google may return to China with Android app shop: reportGoogle is talking with Chinese authorities and smartphone makers about opening an online shop in China stocked with applications for Android-powered mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.http://phys.org/news/2015-09-google-china-android-app.html
Internet Sat, 05 Sep 2015 04:35:54 ESTnews360646547China mulls privacy protection, further curbs on InternetChinese authorities have proposed a sweeping but vaguely worded Internet security law that would strengthen protection of private information, ban hacking activities and also allow authorities to restrict Internet access to maintain public order.http://phys.org/news/2015-07-china-mulls-privacy-curbs-internet.html
Internet Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:04:02 ESTnews355561431China orders media giant Sina to 'improve censorship'China's government has threatened to shut down Sina, one of the country's most popular news websites unless it "improves censorship", state media reported, in a rare public glimpse into controls over the press.http://phys.org/news/2015-04-china-media-giant-sina-censorship.html
Internet Sun, 12 Apr 2015 04:43:33 ESTnews348032593China starts relocating endangered porpoises: XinhuaChinese authorities on Friday began relocating the country's rare finless porpoise population in a bid to revive a species threatened by pollution, overfishing and heavy traffic in their Yangtze River habitat, state media reported.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-china-relocating-endangered-porpoises-xinhua.html
Ecology Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:48:39 ESTnews346679311China boosts fleet of electric, hybrid vehiclesChinese authorities have announced plans to boost the number of electric, hybrid and other alternative fuel-powered vehicles used for public transportation, while sales of such cars for private use have spiked in recent months.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-china-boosts-fleet-electric-hybrid.html
Energy & Green Tech Thu, 19 Mar 2015 04:00:01 ESTnews345954166Alibaba: SEC seeking information on fight over fake goodsE-commerce giant Alibaba said Friday that U.S. regulators have requested information on Chinese authorities' allegations that the company has failed to do enough to prevent fake goods from being sold on its websites.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-alibaba-sec-fake-goods.html
Business Sat, 14 Feb 2015 05:39:50 ESTnews343114783Apple sees iCloud attacks; China hack reportedApple said Tuesday its iCloud server has been the target of "intermittent" attacks, hours after a security blog said Chinese authorities had been trying to hack into the system.http://phys.org/news/2014-10-apple-icloud-china-hack.html
Software Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:40:02 ESTnews333123608China blocks BBC website amid Hong Kong protestsThe BBC's website was blocked in China Wednesday, hours after a video of Hong Kong police beating and kicking a pro-democracy protester began circulating online.http://phys.org/news/2014-10-china-blocks-bbc-website-hong.html
Internet Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:34:38 ESTnews332591662China arrests scientist for alleged fund-swindlingChinese authorities have arrested a leading scientist in transgene biology on the charge of swindling state scientific research funds, the government said.http://phys.org/news/2014-10-chinese-scientist-swindling-funds.html
Other Sat, 11 Oct 2014 05:38:57 ESTnews332224354China kills nearly 5,000 dogs to control rabiesChinese authorities killed almost 5,000 dogs in one city after blaming five human deaths on rabies, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.http://phys.org/news/2014-09-china-dogs-rabies.html
Plants & Animals Sun, 07 Sep 2014 12:16:54 ESTnews329311003New algorithm gives credit where credit is dueIt makes sense that the credit for science papers with multiple authors should go to the authors who perform the bulk of the research, yet that's not always the case.http://phys.org/news/2014-08-algorithm-credit-due.html
Computer Sciences Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:45:31 ESTnews327303912Drugmaker GSK slashes annual profits forecastBritish drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday slashed its 2014 profits forecast as second-quarter earnings sank on the back of weak US trade, adverse currency moves and a Chinese bribery probe.http://phys.org/news/2014-07-drugmaker-gsk-slashes-annual-profits.html
Economics & Business Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:00:34 ESTnews325324822Cautious optimism at bitcoin summit despite uncertain futureSome 200 virtual currency enthusiasts excitedly traded namecards and participated in panel discussions Saturday at China's first-ever Global Bitcoin Summit—but several expressed shock that the event was given the green light in the first place.http://phys.org/news/2014-05-cautious-optimism-bitcoin-summit-uncertain.html
Internet Sat, 10 May 2014 15:12:24 ESTnews318953530China fines Sina over 'indecent' contentChinese authorities have slapped Internet giant Sina Corp. with a fine of more than $815,000 over "unhealthy and indecent content", the company announced.http://phys.org/news/2014-05-china-fines-sina-indecent-content.html
Internet Sat, 03 May 2014 19:36:53 ESTnews318364605Four US TV shows ordered off Chinese websitesChinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Good Wife," representatives from two sites said Sunday.http://phys.org/news/2014-04-tv-chinese-websites.html
Internet Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:21:40 ESTnews317823688Nokia gets Chinese approval for Microsoft deal (Update)Nokia has received regulatory approval from Chinese authorities to sell its mobile phone unit to Microsoft Corp., removing one of the last major hurdles to the 5.4 billion-euro ($7.3 billion) deal.http://phys.org/news/2014-04-nokia-chinese-microsoft.html
Business Tue, 08 Apr 2014 05:34:31 ESTnews316154060China hit by new flood of dead pigs in riverChinese authorities have found 157 dead pigs in a river, state media said Wednesday, underscoring the country's food safety problems a year after 16,000 carcasses were discovered in Shanghai's main waterway.http://phys.org/news/2014-03-china-dead-pigs-river.html
Environment Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:40:01 ESTnews314423442Weibo IPO papers littered with China censorship warningsWhile Internet giants like Twitter and Google champion free speech, the US listing document for Chinese microblogging platform Weibo is littered with 56 pages of warnings on the risks of operating in a country which seeks to control information.http://phys.org/news/2014-03-weibo-ipo-papers-littered-china.html
Business Wed, 19 Mar 2014 05:20:03 ESTnews314423229Crackdown hits popular China messaging platform WeChatChinese Internet giant Tencent has shut several accounts on its popular instant messaging platform WeChat, users said Friday, in what appeared to be part of a broader government crackdown on political content.http://phys.org/news/2014-03-crackdown-popular-china-messaging-platform.html
Internet Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:30:01 ESTnews314028907China tightens regulations for online filmsChinese authorities are requiring makers of online films to gain licenses and report their content before it is posted, tightening regulation of what in recent years has been a more freewheeling genre than China's traditional film industry.http://phys.org/news/2014-01-china-tightens-online.html
Internet Thu, 23 Jan 2014 04:30:02 ESTnews309673024